Fifty-Seven Unpopular Temptation

In the 30th round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Malaga away.

Although Barcelona had good luck in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and got the weakest Portuguese Super League Benfica, Rijkaard still did not dare to be careless. In the game against Malaga, he carried out a large rotation.

Ronaldinho, Deco, Harvey, Puyol and others rested as much as possible, and almost played against Malaga with a full bench.

Among the regular starters, only Eto'o and Giuly, who became the main player after Messi was scrapped for the season, started.

Unexpectedly, at the Rose Garden Stadium, Barcelona encountered Malaga's tenacious sniper.

Without Ronaldinho, without Xavi, Deco and Iniesta, Barcelona's frontcourt attack is seriously lacking in creativity, and it is more through the cooperation between Eto'o, Larson and Giuly Create opportunities.

But it was difficult to knock down Malaga's defense.

Giuly was very active on the right and completely dominated Barcelona's offense.

In stoppage time, Giuly created a free kick on the right, Larsson headed the ball, and Eto'o followed up and scored in front of the goal.

However, the Malaga players protested Larsson's handball foul during the overhead challenge, which caused a strong reaction on the scene.

The referee ruled that the goal was invalid on the court, but according to the slow-motion replay of the live TV footage, Larson did not actually commit a handball foul. This was an obvious misjudgment.

After failing to score in the first half and changing sides to fight again in the second half, Barcelona's offense still did not improve.

What is puzzling is that Rijkaard replaced Giuly, who was the most active, at 60 minutes.

Although it didn't take long for Iniesta to come off the bench, Barcelona's midfield organization improved, but in the end they couldn't break through Malaga's goal again, and the two sides shook hands 0-0.

Twenty-two shots, 10 shots on target, no goals, Barcelona returned from the Rose Garden Stadium.

...

Real Madrid's game is one day later than Barcelona's.

Both Gao Shen and the coaching staff watched the live broadcast of the Barcelona game in Valdebebas. No one expected the result of zero to zero, because Malaga is currently ranked at the bottom of La Liga, and relegation is basically a certainty.

The top of La Liga drew with the bottom of La Liga, which is an upset no matter how you look at it.

Even Rijkaard dared to make such a strong rotation because he felt that he could easily win Malaga, but who would have thought that the Rose Garden Stadium would be so difficult.

The upset was caused by many factors, including the referee's misjudgment, but this has not changed.

The actual situation now is that Barcelona has lost points again.

After watching the live broadcast, the coach's office was very quiet.

Gao Shen was thinking about a question, a very tempting question.

Do you want to take the opportunity to shorten the points gap?

According to Gao Shen's original plan, the game against Deportivo at home on the weekend will also require a substantial rotation. The purpose is also very simple, which is to better prepare for going to Turin to challenge Juventus next Wednesday.

How difficult Capello's team is, just look at their lineup and think about Capello's style.

Not to mention the old, weak, sick and disabled Real Madrid, even Real Madrid, who was in peak form back then, would have to be afraid of Juventus. Gao Shen had to recharge his batteries and go all out.

But now Basa is flat.

What does this mean?

After Barcelona's draw with Malaga, the points with Real Madrid were extended to eight points, but Real Madrid lost one game.

If Real Madrid can beat Deportivo at home tomorrow night, the points gap will be reduced to five points.

From ten points to five points, Real Madrid will have more confidence and fighting spirit for the national derby next weekend.

But in this way, it is bound to affect the Champions League next Wednesday.

Rijkaard faced Benfica and chose a large rotation, but Gao Shen faced Capello's Juventus.

The Champions League is tempting, but so is the league.

"What do you think?" Gao Shen asked.

Everyone knew what Gao Shen was asking.

"There is a chance, but...it's too risky." Maqueda said cautiously.

Gao Shen didn't make a sound, but nodded encouragingly, motioning for him to continue.

"We all know how strong Juventus is, and this team is very stable. Even if we gather all the elite and go to the Alpi Stadium in the best state, we may not be able to take advantage. If we are distracted by the league ,I am afraid……"

Everyone nodded.

Gao Shen, as a time traveler, knew in his heart that Serie A was about to encounter the phone door incident, and then it would quickly decline.

But before Calciopoli, how strong Serie A was, it is difficult for latecomers to understand and appreciate.

Especially Capello's Juventus, it is too tough.

Almost every position is filled with the best players in the world. With such a lineup, plus Capello, who is as stable as an old dog, one can imagine how difficult it is for Juventus to play.

"It's true to say so, but now Barcelona has made a mistake again, and the opportunity is in front of us, don't we want it?" Lucas put forward different opinions.

He now understands Gao Shen's behavior style, as long as Gao Shen proposes a discussion, everyone will express their opinions together.

"We have been chasing Barcelona so hard, now we have to bite the bullet and strive to win La Coruña in the league, and the point gap will be shortened. In the case of the Champions League, we will hold on to the away game and return to the home court to decide the winner."

As soon as Lucas's voice fell, Maqueda said: "This is too risky, and it is an ideal state, but in fact, we may not be able to leave Turin with all our bodies. Once we lose the ball, Capello's team is We won't be given any chance."

Capello believes in the one-to-zero doctrine, as the name suggests, is to score one more goal than his opponent.

From this point, it is not difficult to see how good the team he has trained is defensively.

Of course, recently Gao Shen has also been jokingly called Capello II, because his Real Madrid is also playing 1-0, very conservative.

"I still stick to my opinion. It's the 30th round now, and the league is coming to an end. If we can't shorten the gap as soon as possible, we will be under more and more pressure. In the end, we can only give up the league, but the Champions League..."

Lucas didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning is very clear. Real Madrid's situation in the Champions League is not much better than La Liga.

Knowing Lucas deeply, he wants to fight hard, and feels that the team can fight for opportunities in La Liga and the Champions League at the same time.

Maqueda's idea is also very reasonable, because after playing Deportivo, he will play Juventus in the middle of the week and Barcelona on the weekend, and fight for three games in a row. The pressure is not ordinary, even for a team like Barcelona The team in 2009 couldn't do it, so Rijkaard had to rotate to be taken advantage of by Malaga.

The original strategy of the Real Madrid coaching staff was to fight against Juventus and Barcelona.

Gao Shen turned to look at Buenaventura, "Lorenzo, what do you think?"

Buenaventura has not been in the team for a long time, but he is highly valued by the senior team, and he is entrusted with important tasks as soon as he arrives. He must listen to his opinions in every game, and now is no exception.

"Both opinions are reasonable, it depends on whether you want to be aggressive or prudent."

After a pause, Buenaventura looked at the people around him again, and suggested: "Actually, the Brazilian players in the team are all in good health and stamina, can they..."

"It's not the time yet, this matter is out of the question." Gao Shen interrupted Buenaventura without waiting for him to finish.

Buenaventura was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Gao Shen to be so determined.

Looking at other people, I immediately understood why no one raised this opinion.

"Let's leave it like this for now. Everyone think about it carefully, and I will also think about it carefully. Let's talk about it tomorrow morning."

In fact, Gao Shen also knew in his heart that a few members of the Brazil Gang would be a great help now.

Ronaldo, Baptista, Carlos, Robinho and Cicinho, if these five players can participate in the competition, it will be of great help to Real Madrid.

But he can't just focus on the present, but must consider the overall situation.

During his time in Real Madrid, he has been suppressing the Brazilian gang, just to make them subdued and obedient.

As long as they are subdued and obedient, they will be able to use them smoothly in the next step, they will obey the team's overall tactical discipline, and they will work hard on the court, and Real Madrid will have an overall coordinated operation to speak of.

Now, the time is not yet ripe, especially if Gao Shen took the initiative to let the Brazilian help play, then the Brazilian help will not be even more arrogant? Isn't everything that Gao Shen did before all in vain?

Judging from Ronaldo's statement, he can hardly bear it anymore, just a little bit.

These Brazilian players definitely want to participate in the World Cup in Germany, and they will definitely be subdued.

It's not worth giving up now.

...

After leaving Valdebebas, Gao Shen returned to Hortalesa District on his bicycle.

Along the way, he was weighing and considering this matter.

In fact, this has never been right or wrong, but a trade-off and trade-off.

In the field of professional sports, if you win, it’s good to fart, and what you do is right. If you lose, no matter how reasonable your reasons are, they are all excuses.

This is especially true for head coaches.

Therefore, some people say that the head coach is the most risky profession in European football, and the risk is higher than that of players.

At the very least, if the team's performance is poor, the first thing to do is to take the head coach instead of the players.

Gao Shen returned home, washed up, lay down in bed, and went directly to the tactical library.

During this time, whenever he had time, he spent time in the library, continuing to study Benitez's books, and at the same time reading the works of other people, such as Ferguson, Wenger, Ranieri and so on.

Before each game, he will also carefully read the books of the opponent's head coach to understand the opponent's tactical concepts, game ideas and some command styles, which will be of great benefit to him.

It can be said that in the past period of time, Real Madrid's successive victories were inseparable from Gao Shen's promotion in the library.

In recent days, Gao Shen has been reading the books of Juventus's two previous coaches, Silver Fox Lippi and Capello, looking for ways to deal with Juventus.

The books of these two tactical masters can be described as extensive and profound, especially the understanding and practice of some tactical theories, which made Gao Shen fascinated by reading them. The essence of football tactics has been further understood.

For example, how are great teams made?